Super æ is the fifth full-length album by Boredoms, released in 1998. It was named the 44th greatest album of the 1990s by Pitchfork Media

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The song "Super Coming" is an extended and redone version of "Mogo?" from the Wow 2

Wow 2

Wow 2 is a live album by Japanese experimental band Boredoms. It was also the band's only live release until Super Roots 9—despite the title, no Wow 1 was ever made. It was recorded live in studio by John Zorn and Martin Bisi.-Track listing:...

 album.

The correct pronunciation of the album's title is often debated, although according to The New Yorker

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's pop-music critic Sasha Frere-Jones

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, group frontman Yamantaka Eye

Yamantaka Eye

, real name , born February 13, 1964 in Kobe, is a Japanese vocalist and visual artist, best known as a member of Boredoms. He has changed his name three times, from Yamatsuka Eye, to Yamantaka Eye, to Yamataka Eye, and sometimes calls himself eYe or EYヨ...

 has stated that the correct articulation of the "æ" symbol is simply "ah" or "ugh".

Track listing

1. "Super You" – 7:37
2. "Super Are" – 8:30
3. "Super Going" – 12:24
4. "Super Coming" – 12:17
5. "Super Are You" – 8:47
6. "Super Shine" – 12:45
7. "Super Good" – 6:06

Personnel

• Yamantaka Eye
  Yamantaka Eye
  , real name , born February 13, 1964 in Kobe, is a Japanese vocalist and visual artist, best known as a member of Boredoms. He has changed his name three times, from Yamatsuka Eye, to Yamantaka Eye, to Yamataka Eye, and sometimes calls himself eYe or EYヨ...
  
   – synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
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  , vocals, production
  Record producer
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  , loops, electronics
• Hira – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , percussion, vocals
• Yamamoto Seiichi – guitar
  Guitar
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  , vocals
• Yoshimi P-We
  Yoshimi P-We
  Yoshimi P-We, is a Japanese musician best known for her role as the longest consistent drummer in the Japanese rock band Boredoms.Yoshimi also plays trumpet, guitar, and keyboard, and sings....
  
   – synthesizer, percussion, trumpet
  Trumpet
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  , vocals, Casio
  Casio
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   keyboard
• Atari – drums, samples, percussion
• EDA – drums, electronic percussion
• Masanobu Kondo – executive production
• Masayo Takise – mastering
  Audio mastering
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• Kazvnori Akita – design